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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2016

The investigation of factors related to suicide attempts in Southeastern Turkey.

Aslihan Okan Ibiloglu, Abdullah Atli, Suleyman Demir, Mehmet Gunes, Mehmet Cemal Kaya, Mahmut Bulut, Aytekin Sir

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Aslihan Okan IbilogluDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Abdullah AtliDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Suleyman DemirDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Mehmet GunesDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Mehmet Cemal KayaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Mahmut BulutDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Aytekin SirDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Dicle University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSuicide is an important health problem in Turkey as it is in all regions of the world. Suicidal behavior has multiple causes, which are broadly divided into those related to proximal stressors and those due to predisposition. Suicide statistics may be associated with mental health disorders, which are among the foremost predictors of suicide attempts. More than 90% of patients who commit suicide have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder, usually a major depressive disorder. Other major risk factors for suicide attempts are history of suicide attempts in the family, stressful life events, sleep disturbances, poor income, unemployment, severity of symptoms of depression, and anxiety. Sleep is a complex phenomenon. Sleep disturbances can therefore be contributed to the emergence of suicidal behavior allowing for the possibility of predicting future suicides.

methodsWe evaluated 106 patients who were admitted after suicide attempts to the Department of Psychiatry at Dicle University Faculty of Medicine. The recruited subjects were assessed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I disorders, and the intensity of symptoms was evaluated using the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The mean values of the subjects attempting multiple and single suicides were compared using appropriate inferential statistical tests.

resultsMost suicide attempts are believed to be preventable. Our results revealed that a great variety of risk factors are associated with an increased risk for multiple suicide attempts. Most of these attempts appeared to be spontaneous and impulsive rather than planned. In particular, this study highlights the importance of previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in the family, history of stressful life events in the previous 6 months, poor income, unemployment, sleep disturbances, severe hopelessness with depression, and coexisting symptoms of anxiety as risk factors.

conclusionThe first step in prevention of suicides is doubtlessly strong and reliable communication, due to the fact that the majority of subjects who commit suicide have had contact with a health professional during the month before the suicide.

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comorbiditymental healthsleep disturbancessociodemographicssuicidesuicide attempt

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